Walk Description

Having climbed Red Screes twice before and had no visibility on either occasion, we awoke to a clear sky and therefore decided to go for it. Instead of starting from Ambleside we drove to Hartsop where the Car Park at Cow Bridge was already busy. The walk has a gentle lead in along the shores of Brothers Water and on reaching Hartsop Hall the sheer steepness of Middle Dodd comes into view. There is a wall part way up the steep face and whilst there is no path beyond this, in good visibility the way to the top is never in doubt. The Summit gained, we then made our way over to Red Screes which is not that far away. It was really heartening to see the views from the Summit - they were clear and far ranging.

From Red Screes we made our way down to the Scandale Pass and then headed for Little Hart Crag - the views were still superb and the visibility held for us. From Little Hart Crag there is a gentle descent to High Hartsop Dodd but on leaving the Summit the gradient becomes much more rapid and it is a bit of a knee cruncher before you arrive back at Hartsop Hall.

This was a fabulous walk - they always are when you have the conditions we had today!​

Can you spot Fudge? Hartsop Dodd is the fell behind Brothers Water

High Hartsop Dodd

Place Fell & Angletarn Pikes

Kirkstone Pass, Brothers Water, Place Fell & Angletarn Pikes

St Sunday Crag peeps over the ridges of High Hartsop Dodd & Hartsop Above How

Cuddle time on the Summit of Middle Dodd with the Helvellyn Range in the background

Fudge in the tarn on Red Screes

Middle Dodd from Red Screes

The Helvellyn Range from Red Screes

Great Gable & Pillar in the haze

Froswick, Ill Bell & Yoke

Summit Trig Point on Red Screes looking to Helvellyn

One wet dog on Red Screes

Red Screes - he is a clever dog but Fudge did not take this photograph!

Looking to Little Hart Crag

Summit of Little Hart Crag

Red Screes from Little Hart Crag

Looking down Scandale to Windermere

Summit of High Hartsop Dodd with St Sunday Crag over Hartsop Above How

Middle Dodd & Red Screes

On the descent of High Hartsop Dodd looking to Brothers Water

Looking back to Middle Dodd & High Hartsop Dodd over Brothers Water

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